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marmar

(76,985 posts)
Sat May 18, 2013, 10:30 AM May 2013

Toronto Star: Time for mayor to step down


Rob Ford crack scandal: Time for mayor to step down: Editorial
It’s time for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to do the right thing for the city, and himself, and step down.


Enough is enough. It’s time for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to do the right thing for the city, and himself, and step down.

All day Friday, while the city absorbed the news that drug dealers have been shopping a cellphone video that appears to show Ford smoking crack cocaine about town, the mayor had every chance to refute these extraordinary allegations. Allies and critics alike on city council called on him urgently to deal with them head on.

In the end, all he had to offer were two sentences uttered in passing as he was hustled past a throng of reporters. It’s “ridiculous,” he said. It’s “the Toronto Star going after me” again. “And that’s all I have to say.”

Sorry, Mr. Mayor. The cloud over the city’s top executive is large and dark. It needs to be cleared, and if that’s all you’ve got to say, it’s not going to do the job. ..................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2013/05/18/rob_ford_crack_scandal_time_for_mayor_to_step_down_editorial.html



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Toronto Star: Time for mayor to step down (Original Post) marmar May 2013 OP
He should never have been elected. PDJane May 2013 #1
All of my Toronto friends refer to "905ers" with great disdain. marmar May 2013 #2
Guilty as charged!!! PDJane May 2013 #3
This story is fascinating to me. It just gets better and better. Brickbat May 2013 #4
crack head mayor Liberal_in_LA May 2013 #5

PDJane

(10,103 posts)
1. He should never have been elected.
Sat May 18, 2013, 11:03 AM
May 2013

He's a bullying narcissist, and was elected on the strength of the 905 area, the suburbs around Toronto. He was going to remove the streetcars and extend the subway and get rid of bicycles, which are subjects near and dear to the outlying commuters.

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